FUCHS, Leonhart. New Kreüterbuch, Basle: Michael Isingren, 1543, 2°, FIRST GERMAN EDITION, printer's woodcut device on title, 517 woodcuts of plants by Veit Rudolph Speckle after Heinrich Füllmaurer and Albrecht Meyer, 4 woodcut portraits, imprimatur leaf (cancel stamp on portrait, inked accession number at head of second leaf, some soiling throughout, mainly marginal, several clean tears mainly affecting lower margin, small hole in BB5, wormholes to inner margins of final few leaves), contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, metal clasps (soiled and worn, old repairs to spine). [Adams F1107; Nissen BBI 659; Pritzel 3139]

细节

FUCHS, Leonhart. New Kreüterbuch, Basle: Michael Isingren, 1543, 2°, FIRST GERMAN EDITION, printer's woodcut device on title, 517 woodcuts of plants by Veit Rudolph Speckle after Heinrich Füllmaurer and Albrecht Meyer, 4 woodcut portraits, imprimatur leaf (cancel stamp on portrait, inked accession number at head of second leaf, some soiling throughout, mainly marginal, several clean tears mainly affecting lower margin, small hole in BB5, wormholes to inner margins of final few leaves), contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, metal clasps (soiled and worn, old repairs to spine). [Adams F1107; Nissen BBI 659; Pritzel 3139]

拍品专文

The illustrations "represent the high-water mark of that type of botanical drawing which seeks to express the individual character and habit of each species." [Arber p.212]